Mangalore: The Mangalore city police have refuted the allegations of abandoning an injured family on road, and accused the protesters who blocked the highway at Kuloor, of misleading the people.

On 7th febraury, Tuesday, activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) held a protest by blocking the Udupi-Mangalore highway for more than a hour, accusing the police for abandoning an injured family on road.

According to the official sources, two families at Kasba Bengre village had been engaged in a land dispute for a long time. On Tuesday, things turned worse, as one family attacked another with lethal weapons at Kasba Bengre. Ahmed, his wife and their two children were badly injured in the clash.

Sources from Panambur police station said that, their sleuths rushed to the spot and took the injured family members in their vehicle to provide treatment at a nearby private hospital but dropped them half way through on their request.

However, the protesters alleged that instead of taking the family to a hospital for treatment, police deliberately abandoned them on the road near Kuloor.

D S Rajendra, Assistant Commissioner of Police, refuted the allegation stating that victims on the way to AJ Hospital stopped the vehicle near Kulur and told the police that they would go to Wenlock District Hospital for treatment. They also asked police to go back stating that they would manage on their own.

“On the way to Wenlock Hospital, the victims received calls from DYFI activists who forced them to comeback. As the injureds came back to the same spot where police had left them, the activists started the protest,” he said adding a probe will be conducted into the issue to know the true fact.